In the Baroque era, the practice of borrowing music from one opera and fitting it with new words for another drama, known as pastiche, was commonplace. In 2012, the Metropolitan Opera made new this very old idea brilliantly. The Enchanted Island is inspired by Shakespeare's plays The Tempest and A Midsummer Night's Dream, and is set to some of the greatest music of Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, and other Baroque composers.

Sung in English, the opera runs 3 hours plus intermission. All adults are welcome.

This program is generously funded by the Friends of the Edgartown Free Public Library.